SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Ends Up With The SECOND Biggest Opening Ever Behind Only AVENGERS: ENDGAME

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Ends Up With The SECOND Biggest Opening Ever Behind Only AVENGERS: ENDGAME

Spider-Man: No Way Home ultimately surpassed box office expectations, webbing up not the third biggest domestic opening of all time, but the second behind only the record-breaking Avengers: Endgame...

By JoshWilding - Dec 20, 2021 11:12 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home

It's been clear since those Thursday evening numbers dropped that Spider-Man: No Way Home would be a massive box office hit, but to say the threequel has exceeded expectations would be an understatement. While it was looking like the movie would net the third-highest domestic debut, the webbed wonder smashed past $253 million estimates to earn a whopping $260 million in the U.S.

As a result, Spider-Man: No Way Home now holds the honour of having the second-highest opening weekend in North American box office history (we'd call that a spectacular and amazing result).

Now, the Jon Watts-directed movie has topped Avengers: Infinity War ($257 million) and sits behind only Avengers: Endgame ($357 million). Without COVID causing chaos, it's possible Spider-Man: No Way Home could have rivalled that blockbuster, but this is an astonishing result and one that has delivered pre-pandemic numbers box office analysts definitely didn't see coming. 

What comes next? $600 million before the New Year seems likely, and that's in the U.S. alone. Without ever seeing the light of day in China, this third MCU-set adventure should top $1 billion with ease. Believe it or not, the last movie to accomplish that feat was 2019's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

In our spoiler-free review, we concluded with: "Spider-Man: No Way Home is the greatest Marvel movie ever made. Period. As epic as it is emotional, this is not only a perfect blockbuster, but Spider-Man’s wildest, funniest, and most awe-inspiring adventure yet. It's a Marvel masterpiece."

Now you've had the chance to watch it, what did you think of the latest Spider-Man movie?

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HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 12/20/2021, 11:31 AM


That is absolutely amazing that it beat Infinity War. What a great film, can't wait to see it again.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/20/2021, 11:35 AM
@HeavyMetal4Life - It beat Infinity War and it did it during a global pandemic. That's some crazy accolades right there.
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 12/20/2021, 11:33 AM
Feige: "The power of the box office.. in the palm of my hand".

JonC
JonC - 12/20/2021, 12:10 PM
@kylo0607 - sadly I think all the profit for this movie still goes to Sony... but the future is looking bright for Spidey in the MCU
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 12/20/2021, 12:15 PM
@JonC - Actually with the new deal Disney gets 25% of the box office. So they making good money too
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/20/2021, 11:33 AM
We did it. We won. We have rallied together as not just fellow nerds but as fans and for a brief moment we escaped the b/s from outside world and we broke a record doing it.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 12/20/2021, 11:35 AM
@SonOfAGif -

lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 12/20/2021, 11:36 AM
Let me just submit this epic fail to the record real quick 😏

TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/20/2021, 11:55 AM
@lordSTALE - wait wait wait… it didn’t tip Endgame?!?! I WANT MY MONEY BACK! And my memory of watching this $260 million domestic $600 million worldwide opening weekend FLOP!!!

Dang dude, it may even top Titanic worldwide, a feat Infinity War was close but unable to do. Making it the 3rd MCU film to top 2 billion. I’m so glad I was wrong about the days of billion dollar box office being over! Can ya blame me? I’m an X-ray tech and people were dying all around me. Scariest time in my life, don’t know about you hive-minders’ myriad experiences
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 12/20/2021, 11:56 AM
@Waddles - The bar to try and troll this movie was so ridiculously high that it would be really pathetic to even even attempt it

And if you're looking for a really pathetic troll, look no further than Ruthless/Quinn

"Meh. It was only the THIRD highest opening weekend ever in the history of movie making"

This was essentially her troll tactic 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/20/2021, 12:00 PM
@TheWalkingCuban -
Correction
Force awakens is 4th after titanic, which has 2.201 billion
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/20/2021, 2:50 PM
@lordSTALE - @Quinn which clown school did you get your degree from?
TheBlueMorpho
TheBlueMorpho - 12/20/2021, 3:52 PM
@lordSTALE -

DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 12/20/2021, 11:42 AM
I desperately wanted to see this movie. One of my best friends passed yesterday and now I really couldn’t care at all about It. Hold your loved ones close folks. CBM’s come and go and are honestly a dime a dozen more times than we want to admit. But Friends and family are irreplaceable.
eddyxx
eddyxx - 12/20/2021, 12:13 PM
@OldMan -

Hey sorry for your loss man.
MG0019
MG0019 - 12/20/2021, 12:21 PM
@OldMan - Buy two tickets. One for you, one for your friend. He would want you to live. He would want you to love this movie. And no spoilers, I kind of think the themes of This movie will speak to you and your loss.

Stories are how we’ve always transmitted feeling, emotion, all that jazz. My dad died of cancer, and before he did he was asking me what happened in Infinity War. For Endgame I bought dad a seat, and I swear seeing Tony all scrawny looked Just Like My Dad. The whole movie felt like it had special subtext just for me; no spoilers could ever “reveal” that. I came away from Endgame thinking the movie was about knowing you’re time is up, and how you fight through till the end and set the next generation up. Was that informed by my real life, absolutely. But I am so glad I saw that movie in theater. I’m glad I laughed, applauded, and cried with a group of people. I even felt like Dad watched it with me.

Give it a whirl, go get you some tickets 😉 and keep on the sunny side.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/20/2021, 1:26 PM
@OldMan - when my dad died late august, we were all a mess. It was right before Ida took out power in new Orleans and surrounding (FAR surrounding) areas, so we were beyond devastated. Day after the funeral I finally drove home to north Mississippi. And watched Shang chi. Fell asleep from good guys getting to magic land to badguys getting to magic land. Pure exhaustion. Had to go watch it again. And got evicted, scammed, have to sell my food truck or forfeit it to the bank… at least a good cbm is a 2, 3 hour escape. So focus on what you gotta focus on, and when it all settles in, take some time for yourself. But mostly DONT FORGET TO EAT AND DRINK. Personally, and I think it’s good for everyone, I look to God for spiritual food, particularly from His word. I suggest 2nd Samuel 11&12
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 12/20/2021, 4:58 PM
Thanks everyone
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 12/20/2021, 11:42 AM
This movie is going to make

ThorArms
ThorArms - 12/20/2021, 11:45 AM
That is insane that it beat IW. Like seriously
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 12/20/2021, 11:48 AM
The upward progression of box office totals shows that people are becoming more comfortable about returning, which in turn is convincing more people to return.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 12/20/2021, 11:49 AM
@blitzburgh

blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 12/20/2021, 12:25 PM
@Waddles - LOL true but I love that it exists.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/20/2021, 1:28 PM
@Waddles - would make for a good Jimmy Kallon, Drew Careymore rom/com
blitzburgh
blitzburgh - 12/20/2021, 10:06 PM
@blackandyellow - hell yyyyyeeeeeaaaaaa
PantherKing
PantherKing - 12/20/2021, 11:55 AM
China needs to go kick rocks! It also bothers me that African nations are letting them open based on their countries when African characters are not even allowed to be on posters when the movie is in China
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/20/2021, 2:51 PM
@PantherKing - Are you serious? I didn't even know that was a restriction. The faster we move away from China the faster we can stop relying on them for everything.
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